Sui and Tang · Official

Tian Jigao 田季羔

First attested AD 766; died AD 787

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tian Jigao was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 787 貞元三年
Already deceased
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 201

Attested activity

AD 766 to AD 780 先朝
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 201

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Boqiang (伯強)
paternal cousin's son 堂侄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 203
Child of Father of Tian Jigao (其父)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 202

Career and standing

Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左丞
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 201

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 201
At old Sui-dynasty residence in the capital 京城隋朝舊第 · Relation Residence
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 202

Assessments and attributes

Assessment public-spirited, loyal, and upright; a famous minister of the former court · Mode named-source-report Speaker Liu Hun (柳渾)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 201

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 201

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 2 passages

復奏：「故尚書左丞田季羔，公忠正直，先朝名臣。 He again memorialized, "The late Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs Tian Jigao was public-spirited, loyal, and upright—a famous minister of the former court.

其祖、父皆以孝行旌表門閭，京城隋朝舊第，季羔一家而已。 His grandfather and father were both honored at their gate and lane for filial conduct. Of the old Sui-dynasty residences in the capital, Jigao's household alone remains.